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Meaning of pterygoid muscle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

pterygoid nerve pterygoid plate pterygoid process pterygomandibular raphe pterygomaxillary fissure pterygomaxillary fossa

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